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THE VETERINARIAN, FEBRUARY 1, 1858. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quit}. veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
OUR REVIEWS. 
We certainly did not think it necessary to state, when we 
penned the review on " Urn Sepulture/’ that it was not 
altogether in connection with the science of veterinary medi- 
cine we did so, but rather as a social question, involving 
sanitary measures, and grounded on philosophical principles. 
It may be that we do not go to all its lengths with the pro- 
poser, yet we saw in it much that we conceived to be con- 
ducive to the health of those who are in crowded city pent, 
and who do business among the multitude. Inter-mural burial 
we unhesitatingly condemn ; and even extra-mural, it may be 
feared, will not realise all that has been anticipated from it. 
Nevertheless, the superiority of the latter over the former 
cannot for a moment be questioned, and a long time must 
elapse before any great evil can arise from it. Some persons 
may think it enough to let the future provide for itself: 
“ Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof/’ We are not dis- 
posed to cavil with them ; still we thought if a means were 
devised calculated to benefit mankind by preventing diseases, 
it was our duty to advocate its adoption, and herein lay “ the 
head and front of our offending.” The different view enter- 
tained by others neither surprises nor pains us. All men can 
no more agree in opinion than all trees can grow alike, or all 
bodies become of the same colour. Nor is it desirable that 
either one or the other of these should be the case. No two 
things in nature, we are told, are exactly alike. But then 
there is no occasion for anger or personality to be expressed. 
Every one surely has a right to state his views ; still this 
might be done without querulousness. We offer no apology. 
Such works as are sent to us, approving of them, we feel 
ourselves called upon to review, even although they be not 
